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How time flies ! We are running out of time, it is almost to D-DAY = the 1st Day of school !

Even after so many years, I am always apprehensive with the 1st day - so many unknowns in the horizon. I doubt whether any of the teachers will be having any sleep the night before either !

For 2009, we decided to start official school term a day later than the other schools. So, instead of beginning on 5th January 2009 (Monday), we are insya-Allah, beginning on 6th January 2009 (Tuesday). This is to allow parents with other children who are also starting school to be able to attend to their children on the first day of school (yup, including me !). Many of our parents also heaved a sigh of relief with our decision - as a twist to the Mobil advertisement : " We know, because we’re parents too !   "

Registrations for next year’s students are swift and progressing well. So well, Alhamdulillah, that we have had to get a new premises for the extra classes to be opened. We are also hiring extra teachers. However, parents should be unduly worried that we will be changing into a profit-oriented entity, since we also have a limited intake on the number of students per class, with 6-year-olds streamed into 3 classes according to their reading abilities. As of now, there are only a few places left for each class / age group. I really don’t know what to do once we reach the limit , which seems to be quite soon !

With the registrations, we are always at the receiving end of anxious parents who tell us of their hopes and dreams for their children. We too have our hopes and dreams for these children. Let us work together towards the same goals, and may Allah SWT help us in creating future Muslims who will attain success in this World and in the Hereafter, insya-Allah.

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This is to announce that we are insya-Allah opening a daycare centre, Taska Al-Fatih, for 1 year-olds and above.  At the moment, we are unable to provide daycare for babies below 12 months yet. The taska will insya-Allah be ready in this December. 

At the Taska, we will offer Playschool for 2 - 3 year olds. Insya-Allah we will be using the ALIMKids Playgroup module as well as introduction to Bacalah Anakku phonetics method, and the best thing, will also allow our toddlers to join in the Al-Fatih kids on Fridays for special subjects & Little Scientists experiments.

Schedule for the playschool are as follows :

Tuesdays 2.30 - 4 pm

Thursdays 2.30 - 4 pm

Fridays 8.00 - 11.30 am (with the rest of Al-Fatih Kids)

Playschool monthly fees are :

Do come to the preschool for further details, iA.

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An amazing song for an amazing person! All moms are amazing, for that matter.

I can’t wait to see my mom over Eid Al-Adha! :-)

 Assalamu’alaikum wbk

All the teachers are rather exhausted from a full two-days course on the Khalifah Method in Ampang. It was exhausting indeed, but Alhamdulillah, worth it.  Insya-Allah, we plan to implement this in Al-Fatih next year, do make du’a so that Allah will help us.

I have been asked repeatedly to provide a Questions and Answers section for common questions on Al-Fatih. Before I am able to do a formal page, here I will paste parts of an email from an interested parent. There’s some Q & A,  which I hope will be able to help, for a start, insya-Allah.

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6) What is the diferences (in terms of charges) if I sent my son for the school session only & school session + day care?

 Preschool Fees are RM150 per month, daycare fees are RM130 per month. It is the same regardless.

Assalamu’alaikum wbk

Alhamdulillah, last Saturday (29th Nov 2008), Teacher Yan, Teacher Mar and I went for an intensive course of Bacalah Anakku teaching method which lasted the whole day in International Youth Centre (Pusat Belia Antarabangsa), Cheras. We have sent other previous teachers before, but I thought this would be a good time to reward Teacher Yan and Teacher Mar with a training directly from the authors of this phenomenal phonetics method.
Check out what Bacalah Anakku is all about here , we’ve been using this method successfully, Alhamdulillah, for the last 3 years.

Many thanks to Teacher Yan, Teacher Mar (and families too, including mine !) for willingness to spend a Saturday on “work” thingy.

Insya-Allah tomorrow and Thursday (3-4th Nov 2008), all teachers will be going to a Communications wih Children Course in Ampang. Please make du’a that we will gain benefits from the course.

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 This is just to announce that Teacher Nor Wati has gone for Hajj with her hubby. She will be back only in January, insya-Allah.

So, right now until even the 1st week of school next year, I am alone in managing the pre-school, although Alhamdulillah, my wonderful and dedicated team of teachers and staff are ever willing to do more then expected.

We are in the midst of attending teachers trainings as well as planning for next year’s teaching. Alhamdulillah, everyone’s eager and looking forward to the new year, insya-Allah..

All our du’a goes for Teacher Nor and hubby to be granted a Hajj that is Mabrur, insya-Allah.

The making of our Registration Banner

One of the things we do annually is designing our own banners. Fortunately, there are a couple of free and open source software out there like GIMP and Inkscape so you don’t have to pay a hefty fee for something like Adobe Photoshop. Despite being free, GIMP for instance has most of the stuff you’d need to make or edit images.

  The only problem doing banners on your own is that you might end up spending too much time learning how to use the graphics application.

Both GIMP and Inkscape can be installed on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

The following is one of the banners we put up near our school this year. It was done using GIMP. Then we send it to places like Barakah to get it printed out.

Peace!

Yusuf Islam (Jamal Records) is back with "I look I see 2". I came across this while searching for stuff at youtube. Very nice one indeed. Time to check out Saba Islamic Media if they’ve got a copy.

Anyways the key message in the nasheed is that going to the masjid is cool. And parents (like me) should take their kids to pray at the Masjid!

. In Bandar Seri Putra, there are a couple of Surau/Musolla (i.e. As-shakirin) and of course there’s a beautiful masjid at KUIS that everyone can go to!

Assalamu’alaikum wbk
This is just to announce that insya-Allah, Registration for 2009 is now open.
Please come and enquire at school, or call me , Teacher Iman (013-3640099) for further details.  Or, you can leave a comment on this post.

For existing students, do come and book for siblings and friends of Al-Fatih children asap since places are limited.

Insya-Allah banners and website will be updated accordingly.

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Testing 1,2,3 . Selamat datang ke laman blog Al-Fatih Integrated Prechool. We blog too! Enjoy. 

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